I Can Do Hard Things

I was WIDE awake at 2:11am this morning and could not fall back to sleep.  I guess that is what happens when you sleep in on Sunday morning!!  Sometime in the wee hours of the morning I drifted back into Z-land and my alarm went blazing WAY to early!!

I only ran 4 miles this morning.  That's it.  No stretching, PT exercises or foam rolling.  I was only interested in taking a hot shower and crawling back into bed.  

My ankle felt good.  But my knees were bothering me on Saturday and Sunday.  I think I did too many squats and squat jumps.  Gonna take a break from those for a few days.

After my morning nap, I sent my big kids off to school and took my preschooler to the Nutcracker with her school.  It has been since I was kids that  I've seen that ballet.  It was a very fun morning! 

Crazy busy day!  Christmas sings, reader theaters, Nutcracker, Costco and dipped caramel apples.

Cross training day.

7 miles on the stair mill - 60:34.  I felt really great today (ankle felt great too!!!) 

LLL, lots of stretching and foam rolling

On side note:  I have a LOVE/HATE relationship with Christmas.  WHY - I eat WAY TOO many treats.  I was getting candy ready for my kids' school pinata before school and ate 10 pieces (BEFORE I ate breakfast).  Chocolate covered cinnamon bears are my arch nemesis.  The peppermint junior mints.....mmmmmmm.  I no longer fit in the "skinny fat" category.  Just the "FAT" category.  The food madness needs to END! 

I bought a resistance band with cuffs so I can put them around my ankles.  So I did the monster walk on the TM.  I could only go .6 mph but put the incline up to 15.  I did this for 15 minutes.  My thighs were burning.

3 miles on the TM.  Faster than normal.

Now to the bummer part of the workout.  I saw a bossu ball and went to pick it up to move it over to where I was doing my PT exercises and I dropped it on my left foot.  OUCH!!!!!!  Holy smoly that hurt (and still really hurts).

3x 

10xsquats on bossu

10xplank with weighted row

LLL 

When I got home, I took a shower and while I was washing my face my contact went to the back of my eye.  It took me an hour to try to get it out.  

Honestly....I have no coordination! 

7 sweaty miles on the TM watching Deads Poets Society.  Ankle felt super as did my "Bossu Ball" incident spot.

1 lunge matrix (knees were a little funny)

3x

push ups

planks

LLL

Long stretching session and foam rolling. 

I spent all day skiing at Brighton with my hubby and four kids.  It has been TEN years since I've hit the slopes (as in before I had children).  I was really nervous about remembering how to ski, but it is just like riding a bike.  

I skied with my kids so that included green hills all day.  I realized (just like with running) it is harder to ski slow than to ski fast!  My hip flexors got a really good workout.  Lots of starting and stopping and snow-plowing!!!

Everyone is very tired!!